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A book enjoyer, romance, sci-fi, and fantasy are generally my favorite, but anything with real characters and some none straight peoples works for me.
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Crane rated Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda: 5 stars
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (Creekwood, #1)
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls …
Crane rated The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey: 5 stars
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict …
Crane rated Pirate Cinema: 4 stars
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and …
Crane rated Little Brother: 5 stars
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on …
Crane rated World War Z: 4 stars
World War Z by Max Brooks
“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, …
Crane rated Mutual Aid: 3 stars
Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
Around the globe, …
Crane rated The false prince: 4 stars
The false prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (The ascendance trilogy -- bk. 1)
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate …
Crane rated The upside of unrequited: 5 stars
The upside of unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to …
Crane rated The Extraordinaries: 5 stars
Crane rated Overclocked: 5 stars
Overclocked by Cory Doctorow
Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007, ISBN 1-56025-981-7) is a collection of previously published science fiction …
Crane rated Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present: 5 stars
Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow
Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007, ISBN 1-56025-981-7) is a collection of previously published science fiction …
Crane rated Unauthorized Bread: 5 stars
Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow
New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow's Unauthorized Bread -- a novella about immigration, the toxicity of economic and technological …
Crane rated Golden Son: 4 stars
Golden Son by Pierce Brown (The Red Rising Saga, #2)
As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming …